Selection of grazing-tolerant lucerne cultivars

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-368

  Pecetti, L ^a   Romani, M ^a   De Rosa, L ^a   Piano, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grazing tolerance; Medicago sativa L.; Plant breeding; Plant morphology; Rhizomatous habit; Selection

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DRY MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMPLASM; GRAZING; HERB; MORPHOLOGY; PASTURE; PERSISTENCE; PLANT BREEDING; SHEEP; TOLERANCE; VIGOR; YIELD RESPONSE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; VERBENA; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 49749092141     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2008.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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